Gisekia africana, L. Nanyeni 1156--Namibia. B1 to Rehoboth, Frankie Fredricks St. 15 Mar 2018. DSC00565 (336).JPG
Native to Angola, Botswana, Cambodia, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, DR Congo, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Free State, Hainan, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Somalia, Tanzania, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 2 countries.
Location
Namibia, Windhoek District
-22.7005, 17.081056
Location Remarks
Monteiro Self-Catering and Camping, 19 km S of Windhoek on Highway B1 (A resort facility with remnant vegetation).
Collectors
Leevi Nanyeni, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Christopher Dalzell
Notes
Herb in seasonally moist sand.
Location
Tanzania, Dar es Salaam, Kinondoni (Dar es Salaam, Kunduchi)
-6.688889, 39.223611
Location Remarks
Kunduchi Beach, ca. 1.3 km S of Beachcomber Hotel and Resort. Flat sandy waste ground ca. 20 m from shoreline.
Collectors
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Gisekiaceae
Genus
Gisekia
Specific Epithet
africana
Authorship
(Lour.) Kuntze
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 2.5
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.2
Global rank
#212,228 of 335,497
Top 64%
Extinction probability
9%
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
